Clothes Cabinet Mechanism Compartment for Easier Service Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional clothes-treating apparatuses are inconvenient for maintenance and repair due to the need to disassemble major parts to access the mechanism compartment, which occupies a large portion of the cabinet space, leading to inefficiencies in maintenance and assembly.
Innovation Solution
A clothes-treating apparatus with a mechanism compartment separated from the accommodating space by a partition, featuring an opening at the side surface for access, allowing modular components such as the moisture supply and air supply devices to be easily removable and reassembled, reducing the need for extensive disassembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the mechanism compartment is integrated into the cabinet structure, then the apparatus has a compact design, but maintenance and repair require disassembling major parts of the cabinet
Solution Approach 1:
The cabinet is divided into distinct compartments: an accommodating space for clothes and a separate mechanism compartment for mechanical components. This segmentation allows the mechanism compartment to be accessed independently through a rear opening without disassembling the entire cabinet structure, resolving the contradiction between structural integration and ease of repair.
2Volume of stationary object
If the mechanism compartment occupies a large portion of the cabinet space, then all components can be housed together, but access for maintenance requires opening the rear surface of the cabinet
Solution Approach 1:
The mechanism compartment is positioned to be accessible through the rear surface of the cabinet, utilizing the depth dimension of the cabinet structure. This allows the mechanism compartment to occupy significant cabinet volume while maintaining accessibility through a strategically placed rear opening, resolving the contradiction between space utilization and maintenance accessibility.
3Ease of repair
If the mechanism compartment is separated from the accommodating space, then maintenance can be performed without disturbing clothes, but the apparatus requires more complex partitioning
Solution Approach 1:
A simple partition wall separates the mechanism compartment from the accommodating space, creating independent access paths. This minimal segmentation allows maintenance personnel to access the mechanism compartment through the rear opening without disturbing clothes in the accommodating space, while adding only necessary structural elements to achieve the separation.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates easier maintenance and repair, lowers maintenance costs, and reduces assembly time, enhancing work efficiency by allowing separate access to the mechanism compartment without disturbing the accommodating space.
Implementation Method 1
moisture may be supplied to clothes placed in an accommodating space to remove the unpleasant odors, wrinkles and humidity
Implementation Method 2
air, including dry and hot air, is supplied to the clothes having much moisture because of sprayed steam to dry the clothes
Data Source
AI summary
A clothes-treating apparatus is disclosed. According to the clothes treating apparatus, it is easy and convenient for a worker to have access to a mechanism compartment for maintenance and repair of the components. In addition, if the user chooses an easier method of accessing the components of the clothes treating apparatus the maintenance repair costs may be lowered. Furthermore, it is easy for a worker to remove and replace the components of the mechanism compartment. In addition, according to the clothes treating apparatus, the assembly line of the mechanism compartment may be separate from an assembly line of the clothes treating apparatus, which may enhance work efficiency.